WOLSONG-3

Operational


Reactor Details

Reactor Type Model Owner Operator
PHWR
CANDU 6
Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co.
Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co.
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity) Design Net Capacity Gross Capacity Thermal Capacity
601 MWe
665 MWe
624 MWe
2061 MWt
Construction Start Date First Criticality Date
17 Mar, 1994
19 Feb, 1998
First Grid Connection Commercial Operation Date
25 Mar, 1998
01 Jul, 1998

LifeTime Performance

Electricity Supplied Energy Availability Factor Operation Factor Energy Unavailability Factor Load Factor
129.82 TW.h
85.4 %
85.4 %
14.6 %
86.9 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year 2023

Operating History

Year Electricity Supplied
[GW.h]
Reference Unit Power
[MW]
Annual Time On Line
[h]
Operation Factor
[%]
Energy Availability Factor
[%]
Load Factor
[%]
Annual Cumulative Annual Cumulative
1998 3460.260 650 5326 96.4 96.1 96.1 98.9 98.9
1999 4696.650 650 7008 80.0 80.2 85.6 82.5 88.0
2000 5925.220 650 8784 100.0 99.9 91.3 103.8 94.3
2001 4923.930 650 7409 84.6 85.3 89.6 86.5 92.1
2002 5043.330 650 8083 92.3 91.8 90.1 88.6 91.3
2003 5579.530 650 8176 93.3 93.1 90.6 98.0 92.5
2004 5540.290 650 8152 92.8 92.2 90.9 97.0 93.2
2005 5997.860 650 8760 100.0 100.0 92.1 105.3 94.8
2006 5617.760 682 8205 93.7 93.4 92.3 94.0 94.7
2007 5826.590 681 8239 94.0 93.8 92.4 97.7 95.0
2008 5761.080 707 8129 92.5 92.6 92.4 92.8 94.8
2009 5882.540 707 8287 94.6 94.3 92.6 95.0 94.8
2010 5986.430 707 8433 96.3 96.2 92.9 96.7 95.0
2011 6014.370 707 8477 96.8 96.4 93.2 97.1 95.2
2012 5460.600 686 7827 89.1 88.7 92.9 90.6 94.8
2013 5453.060 684 7937 90.6 90.4 92.7 91.0 94.6
2014 4968.560 665 7371 84.1 84.0 92.2 85.3 94.0
2015 5528.960 665 8313 94.9 94.7 92.3 94.9 94.1
2016 4046.370 651 6216 70.8 70.4 91.2 70.8 92.8
2017 1857.460 648 2890 33.0 32.8 88.3 32.7 89.9
2018 4116.180 641 6432 73.4 73.2 87.6 73.3 89.1
2019 3261.260 630 5184 59.2 58.2 86.3 59.1 87.8
2020 3480.850 627 5542 63.1 62.3 85.3 63.2 86.8
2021 4704.120 607 7665 87.5 86.6 85.3 88.5 86.8
2022 4686.170 605 7665 87.5 86.9 85.4 88.4 86.9
2023 4559.740 601 7522 85.9 85.6 85.4 86.6 86.9
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.


Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2024-09-18


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